Happy Birthday to my mother, Bonnie Jean Taylor. I miss this lady so much. She was so rich. So full of wisdom, knowledge, style, and flare. I still remember the day she passed as if it were yesterday. It's hard to wrap my head around the fact that she has been gone for thirty-four 34 …
HUMANITY The world is heavy it gets hard keeping steady. So much news is spewed in every direction. It’s got my mind way to busy sometimes, I’m a little dizzy. As I regain my focus I do a little hocus pocus to put things in perspective. Leaning on what my parents taught, love cures all. …
LOVE IS COLORLESS
A few weeks ago, I spent an evening partying with a group of men and women. I would not ordinarily party with this group because of the age difference. Let's face it I could easily be the mother of everyone in the group. We were celebrating the birthday of a young lady that I absolutely …
56 years… Reflection
Oh, how I love September it's my birthday month. Before September departs I want to reflect. I cannot believe how fast time has moved. It is hard to fathom fifty-six years have passed. It seems like just yesterday I was cutting up in school dreaming about my future. Today, on this last day of September I …
STRANGER OF THE HUMANKIND
I fell in love at a gas station. Of all the places a gas station, I encountered a wonderful man. He was attentive, pleasant, respectful, courteous, and helpful. He was everything that one looks for in a human being. With all that's going on in America concerning race issues, political mayhem, immigration unrest, mass killings, and killings in …
Wait For It!
I call this one, Wait For It. I truly believe you have to wait for it. As hard as it is to wait, you must. Your heart will thank you. "It" defines whatever you are passionate about and what your heart desires. By no means am I suggesting in the waiting you simply just wait. Absolutely not! You …
Adoption Love, Finding Your Identity
We are born into a family with a mother, father, typically siblings, and an arsenal of extended family. We grow up knowing exactly where we come from, knowing who created us, who created our parents, and their parents. Most of us are fortunate to know our roots, who we look like, whose mannerisms we mirror, …
IS LOVE JUST CHEMISTRY
Week after week as I determine what I'm going to write, there is never a doubt that I will write about love. The doubt lies in deciding if I should share on a personal level, talk hypothetically or share what I’ve learned from talking to the masses. Somehow in the hypothetical my personal shows …
LOVE DEFINED
What an interesting weekend, action-packed! I love being spontaneously busy. The spontaneity helps keep my mind focused on creativity which allows me to let go of the trivial concerns that can block the creative process. I talk about love all the time. I write poetry focused on love. I even created a podcast to share …
Unconditional Love
Love, love, love and more love. Me being single I wonder at times, am I the best person to be writing about love? As I ponder this question my answer is always yes! I have love, I am loved, receive love and give love. I'm single now but was not always single. I was …
TRACI J. HINDS 